Egg-box.



A. C. BUSSEY.

EGG BOX.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I1. I9I3. RENEwED IuLY 6. 1916.

Lm @,Q. Peeented Feb. 13, 1917.

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IOLGPMIL WWW A. C. BUSSEY.

EGG BOX.

APPLICATION FILED ris. 11. 191s. RENEwED :uLY 6.1916.

1,216,208g Patented Feb.13,1917.

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one another from end to end of said plate. r hesc corrugations may, ofcourse, be formed by gluing or otherwise securing strips oit' ioldedmaterial on opposite sides of the plate. rfhis construction, however,would be obvious and illustration is unnecessary. l. prefer, however,for economy of manufacture, to construct the plate and corrugations inthe manner shown.

The notches in the plates l and are ot' sutlicient depth to receive thecorrugations, and as shown plainly in Fig. 1 oit the drawings, the wallsof the eorrugations will extend down on each side oit the upper end otthe egg inserted in the pocket and the corrugations ot the plate beneaththe and on which the rests will extend up upon opposite sides o'l" thelower end oit the egg and thus the egg will be supported in an uprightposition, as shown, and be held by the yielding walls ot thecorrugations against tipping or falling over sidewise in the pocket.rlhe alternate arrangement of the corrugations or ribs of the plate 1()causes the eggs of adjoining layers to be olfset or staggered withrespect to one another, as shown in Fig. 1, where the poeliets ot thelower row or Vlayer are in staggered relation to those ot' the nextlayer above, and the eggs will be in corresponding relation to oneanother. lit thus happens that instead ot one egg of a layer beingdirectly opposite an egg ot the adjacent layer and separated only by thethickness ot a plate with which both eggs contact, the egg of one pocketwill be separated a considerable distance from the corresponding egg otthe pocket in the adjacent layer, and the intersecting portions oll theplates and corrugations will lie between the adjacent eggs of theadjoining layers and will forni a` cushion therefor and take up theshock or jar resulting from the dropping oit the case.

ln preparing to lill the case7 a plate with the emru'ations thereonililaced in the bottoni ot tlo case and the plates tornrlng the series ol egg pockets are ,laid upon the upper eorrugations, which enter therecesses in the lower edges ol the plates. The eggs are then placed inthe pockets and the operation repeated until the case ,is lull.

As shown plainly in Fig. 1, the egg poel;- ets of one series, due to thealternate a1'- rangeinent of the corrngations above and below theplates, will be otlset or staggered with respect to the pockets ot theadjacent series, and the plates :toi-ming one series ot pockets willcontact with the side wall ol the case on one side, while the plates et'the series next above will contact with 'the other side wall and.alternate back and forth 'troni the bottom to the top ot the case. Thevertical rows ot eggs will therefore be spaced a considerable distancefrom the side walls of the case and cannot possibly be broken by anyblow on the outside of the case. Furthern'iore, as shown plainly inlFig. 1, the corrugations on the bottom of the lower plate will elevatethis plate a considerable distance above the bottom and the uppercorrugations or' the top plate will space 'the upper pocletsacorresponding distance from the cover. The upper and lower horizontalrows of eggs will thus be separated flrom the top and bottom of the caseand the corrugations will form yielding supports or bearings for tl eserows7 so that any sudden jar or shock on the top or bottom of the casewill not be transmitted through the walls theroot' and break the eggs.

lu Fig. a case 12 is shown, telescoping with a cover 13 and. providedwith a liller Yl'or receiving a single layer ot eggs, with thecorrugated plates above and below them and the eggs spaced from thewalls of the case and 'lroln each other in substantially the same manneras described with reference to sheets 1 and 2 of the drawings. This caseis particularly adapted for mailing purposes and ilor sending hatchingeggs from place to place.

ln Fig. 7 I have shown a modified con struction which consists ,inproviding vertical slits 1st in the plates forming the walls ot thepockets, adapted to receive division strips 15 having transverse slitstherein to receive the plates forming the walls of the egg pockets.These division strips extend across the oppositecorners of the pockets,as plainly shown in Fig. 7, and form ane other wall with which the eggcontacts and converts the pocket from a diamond to a hexagonal shape. lnother respects the construction is substantially the same as shown anddescribed with reference to the preceding ligures.

I claim as my invention 1. An lillor comprising a. series of parallelplates. a second series of parallel plates intersecting` the plates olsaid tirst series to lorln pockets, said plates having notches in theirupper and lower edges iulerniediai'e to the points ot intersection o'lsaid Vlmrallol plates, and plates having corrugated sui-tacos betweenwhich said intersecting plates are arranged, the corrugations fittingwithin the recesses of said intersecting plates and forming lateralsupports for the upper and lower ends oit the eggs in said pockets.

2. An egg filler comprising a series ot parallel plates, a second seriesof parallel plates intersecting said :first named series and formingtherewith a` series ot egg pockets` said plates having V-shaped recessesin their upper and lower edges inidway, substantially, between thepoints of intersection of said plates, and plates adapted to bearllatwise on the upper and lower edges of said intersecting plates andhaving corrugations, V-shaped in cross section, to fit into the recessesof said intersecting plates and form converO'ing walls on both sides ofthe eggs in said pockets, said corrugations bracing and supporting thewalls of said pockets against lateral pressure.

3. An egg filler comprising a series of parallel plates, a second seriesof parallel plates intersecting said first named series and formingtherewith a series of egg pockets, said plates having V-shaped recessesin their upper and lower edges intermediate to the points ofintersection of said plates, a plate closing the bottoms of said pocketsand having corrugations, V- shaped in cross section, thereon to enterthe V-shaped recesses in'said intersecting plates, a plate resting uponthe top of said pockets and having similar V-shaped corrugations on itsupper and under surfaces, the corrugations of its under surface fittingthe recesses in the upper walls of said pockets, and a second set ofintersecting plates resting upon said last named corrugated plate andhaving recesses in the lower walls of its pockets to receive thecorrugations of the upper surface of said last named plate, the uppercorrugations being offset or staggered with respect to the lowercorrugations of the said last named plate, whereby the pockets of thelower series will be odset with respect to the pockets of the upperseries, the corrugations of said last named plate forming a yielding-wall between the eggs in said olfset pockets.

4. An egg filler comprising a series of sections placed one uponanother, each section being provided with a series of egg pockets,division plates interposed between said sections, said plates comprisinga flat member having a series of transverse, parallel slits therein anda member creased and folded transversely and having a series of slitsintermediate to said folds to receive the edge of said fiat member andthereby form a. series of corrugations alternating on the upper andunder surfaces of said flat members, the walls of said pockets havingrecesses therein to receive said corrugations, said corrugations lappingby the ends of the eggs in said pockets and supporting them in anupright position, the alternate arrangement of said corrugationsoffsetting the pockets of adjoining sections from the top t0 the bottomof said filler.

5. An egg filler comprising a series of sections placed one upon anotherand each having a series of egg pockets therein, di-

vision plates interposed between said sections and each composed of aflat member and a second member creased and folded transversely7 andinterlocking with said flat member to form a series of corrugationsalternately arranged on the 'upper and under surfaces of said flatmember, said corrugaliller arranged therein tions projecting into'thepockets of adjoining sections and adapted to lap by the ends of the eggstherein, the alternate arrangement of said corrugations offsetting thepockets of adjoining sections and the point of intersection of saidfolded member with said flat member being dispose between the offsetpockets of adjoining sections.

6. The combination, with a case, of an and comprising a series ofsections placed one above another, each section having a series of eggpockets having recesses in their upper and lower walls, division platescomposed of inter,- lockiug members having corrugations projecting fromtheir upper and under surfaces and fitting within the recesses of saidpockets, the upper corrugations alternating with the under corrugations,said sections being alternately spaced from and in contact with the sidewalls of said case from the top to the bottom of the filler, saiddivision plates extending from side to side of said case and lockingsaid sections against lateral movement, the alternate arrangement ofsaid sect-ions spacing the egg pockets therein from the side walls ofsaid case.

7. The combination, with a case, of an egg filler tting therein andcomprising a series of sections `placed one above another, each sectionhaving a. series of egg' pockets therein, a series of division platesinterposed between said filler sections and having corrugationsprojecting from their upper and under surfaces and into the pockets ofthe sections between adjoining division plates and upon each side of theeggs in the pockets of said sections, the under surface corrugations ofthe lower division plate resting upon the bottom of said case andforming yielding supports for the iller sections above, and the uppersurface corrugations of the upper liller plate contacting with the coverof the case and forn'iing a yielding bearing thereon for the upperfiller section.

The conihiinition, with a case, of an filler fitting therein andcomprising a series of sections placed one above another, the lowersectionof the series having a series of notches in the lower walls ofits pockets, a division plate interposed between said lower section andthe bottom of the case and provided with corrugated upper and undersurfaces, the under corrugations resting on the bottom of the case andthe upper corrugations fitting within the notches in said lower section.

9. An egg filler comprising a plurality of sections placed one uponanother, each consisting of plates interlocked with one another to formaseries of egg pockets, division members interposed between adjacentsections, each member having means for in- In Witness whereof, I havehereunto set my hund this 12th day of February 1913.

ALLAN C. BUSSEY.

ter-locking with the walls of pockets in abutting sections, und bridgingsaid pocket-s at the top and bottom thereof to resist lateral andVertical pressure on said sections, said bridging' menus lapping by theends of the eggs :md forming' supports therefor in said pockets.

'Vtnesses:

EDWARD A. PAUL, GENEVIEVE E. SORENsEN.-

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